6.9% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shelbourne · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shelbourne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Shelbourne than in most similar areas. Only 6.9% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the figures for Victoria and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 51.3%, followed by Australian at 31.2% and Irish at 19.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 89.1% of residents were born in Australia, a figure far below the 30% seen across Victoria. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Shelbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22271/shelbourne/topic/ancestry-heritage